Alcohol

It’s a safe assumption that we all know binge-drinking is not good for our general health. But a new study shows that one big alcohol-fueled session a week is significantly more harmful than spreading that same amount of drinks out over seven days.

For some of us, it seems that drinks made in coffee shops or bars are somehow just "better" than those we make at home. If you're one of those folks, you might be interested in the home-use FrazyBot custom-beverage-making machine.

A new study has found that compared to regular-strength beer, low- and non-alcoholic beers may be a breeding ground for food-borne pathogens like E. coli and Salmonella, which can be introduced during manufacturing, storage, or pouring.

New research found that patients taking the weight-loss and diabetes drug semaglutide had significantly reduced symptoms of alcohol use disorder. Larger studies are currently underway to see whether the drug is an effective treatment for addiction.

For centuries red wine has been thought to trigger headaches more than other drinks, and it's been unclear exactly why this is the case. Now researchers think they've solved the mystery, and the culprit is a chemical previously thought to be beneficial.

Anyone who's been to karaoke night at a bar knows just how dramatically altered our voices get after throwing back a few drinks. Scientists have now shown that analyzing these vocal changes is a surprisingly good way to see just how drunk we are.

A new study has found, for the first time, that consuming beverages that taste like beer or cocktails but contain no alcohol can significantly reduce alcohol intake, which may be an effective strategy for helping excessive drinkers cut back.

Each day we’re learning of new, devastating impacts of climate change, and what's now brewing has researchers sounding the alarm on the future of European beer, thanks to a steady decline in the quality and quantity of high-quality hops from the region.

Researchers have discovered that a chemical in the brain makes alcohol taste bitter to women. It may explain the difference in drinking habits between the sexes and pave the way for novel treatments to help women curb excessive alcohol use.

A new study that investigated the effect that drinking alcohol has on men’s perceptions of attractiveness may have disproven one well-known drinking-related phenomenon while providing supporting evidence for another.

Shaken or stirred? How about turbine-blasted at 150 rpm? The all-new Martini Mixer from Callum creates the classic cocktail by whirling up a precise combination of gin and vermouth in a matter of seconds.

The original Barsys cocktail machine looks like it belongs only in an actual bar. The new Barsys 360, however, is more a piece of high-tech home decor, immersing one's glass in a vertical amphitheater of mixology with the skills of an ace bartender.